The Complete Guide to Aromatic Ingredients and How to Use Them, with Over 200 Recipes.
Herbs and spices have been prized since the earliest times, and today we still depend on them to enliven our daily meals and bring fragrance to our lives. This comprehensive encyclopedia is an indispensable guide to these aromatic ingredients.
Features:
- The ultimate guide to identifying and using herbs and spices, complete with fascinating historical information, facts on growing herbs and how to use herbs and spices in the kitchen.
- Full-colour photographic identification guides to the world's herbs and spices, with detailed information on cultivation, taste and appearance, and all their medicinal, domestic culinary uses.
- Includes over 200 classic and contemporary recipes from all over the world, each with full-colour, step-by-step instructions and a glorious picture of the finished dish.
- Provides illustrated instructions on how to make spice mixtures and pastes, scented gifts and decorations, aromatic oils and vinegars, and a variety of preserves and drinks.
- The only reference book on identifying, preparing, using and cooking with herbs and spices that you will ever need.
